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GENERAL STRUCTURE.................................................................................................................. 5
PARAMETERS ................................................................................................................................. 5
2.1
MANDATORY CELL PARAMETERS ....................................................................................... 5
2.2
OPTIONAL CELL PARAMETERS ............................................................................................ 6
2.3
AMPS CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................... 7
2.3.1
MANDATORY PARAMETERS ........................................................................................... 7
2.3.2
OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 7
2.3.3
CELL SEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................. 7
2.4
GSM CELL PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................... 8
2.4.1
MANDATORY PARAMETERS ........................................................................................... 8
2.4.2
OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 8
2.4.3
CELL SEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................. 9
2.5
CDMA CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 10
2.5.1
MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 10
2.5.2
OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 10
2.5.3
CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 11
2.6
UMTS CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 12
2.6.1
MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 28 BIT CELL ID .................................................... 12
2.6.2
MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 16 BIT CELL ID AND RNC ID .............................. 12
2.6.3
2.6.4
2.7
TETRA CELL PARAMETERS................................................................................................. 15
2.7.1
2.7.2
2.7.3
2.8
TD-SCDMA CELL PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 16
2.8.1
2.8.2
2.8.3
2.9
WIMAX CELL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 18
2.9.1
2.9.2
2.9.3
2.10
EV-DO CELL PARAMETERS.............................................................................................. 20
2.10.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 20

2.10.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 20
2.10.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 21
2.11
LTE CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 22
2.11.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 22

2.11.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 22
2.11.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 23
1 GENERAL STRUCTURE
The first row of the file contains the keywords that define the order of the parameters in the following
lines. Keywords are separated with semicolon or tabulator character.
Other rows in the file contain the cell definitions. Each line describes one cell and contains a set of
parameters describing the cell as well as the site in which the cell resides. For both site and cell
information, there are both mandatory parameters and optional parameters. Site and cell parameters
are separated with semicolon or tabulator character.
The file format supports three data types: integer, float and string. Integer type is defined as a numeric
value without dot character. Float type is defined as a numeric value with dot character. String type is
defined as a set of any printable ASCII characters except semicolon.
2 CREATING BTS FILES

BTS files can be created, for example, with MS Excel. Type in the cell parameters and save the file in
CSV format. Finally, change the file extension to .nbf.
3 PARAMETERS
3.1 MANDATORY CELL PARAMETERS
Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System
SYSTEM
String
AMPS, GSM, TDMA, CDMA, UMTS,

TETRA, TD-SCDMA, WIMAX, EVDO
or LTE.
Site Name
SITE
String
Name of the site.
Cell Name
CELL
String
Name of the cell.
Latitude
LAT
Float
Latitude of the site in degrees.
Longitude
LON
Float
Longitude of the site in degrees.
Decimal degrees (DD) express latitude and longitude geographic coordinates as decimal fractions and
are used in many Geographic Information Systems (GIS), web mapping applications such as Google
Maps, and GPS devices. Decimal degrees are an alternative to using degrees, minutes, and seconds
(DMS). As with latitude and longitude, the values are bounded by 90 and 180 each.
Positive latitudes are north of the equator, negative latitudes are south of the equator. Positive
longitudes are east of Prime Meridian, negative longitudes are west of the Prime Meridian. Latitude
and longitude are usually expressed in that sequence, latitude before longitude.
3.2 OPTIONAL CELL PARAMETERS

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
Antenna
Height
HEIGHT
Integer
Values range from 0 to 1000
Antenna Tilt
TILT
Float
Values range from -90 to 90.
Antenna Beam
Width
BEAM
Integer
Cell Range
RANGE
Integer
Cell range in meters.
Cell Type
TYPE
String
NORMAL or REPEATER
Neighbor Cell
Name
NCELL_n
String
Unique identifier of the neighbor n.
User-defined
column name
Userdefined
name
String
Text
3.3 AMPS CELL PARAMETERS

3.3.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS
Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System
SYSTEM
String
AMPS.
Site Name
SITE
String
Name of the site.
Cell Name
CELL
String
Name of the cell.
Channel
Number
CH
Integer
Channel number
SAT
SAT
Integer
Setup Audio Tone
Antenna
Direction
DIR
Integer
Values range from 0 to 360 degrees.
3.3.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
Antenna
Height
HEIGHT
Integer
Antenna Tilt
TILT
Float
Antenna Beam
Width
BEAM
Integer
Cell Range
RANGE
Integer
Cell Type
TYPE
String
NORMAL or REPEATER
Neighbor Cell
Name
NCELL_n
String
User-defined
column name
Userdefined
name
String
Text
Example:
SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;SAT;CID;DIR
AMPS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;140;1;11503;45
3.3.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the serving cell based on the following algorithm.
Matching Channel + SAT
Note that if multiple matching cells are found, closest cell is selected. The cell is matched
only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).
3.4 GSM CELL PARAMETERS

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System
SYSTEM
String
GSM.
Site Name
SITE
String
Name of the site.
Cell Name
CELL
String
Unique identifier of the cell. If unique name for every cell

is not available, concatenation of LAC and CI can be
used.
Channel
Number
CH
Integer
ARFCN. Values range from 0 to 1024.
BSIC (dec)
BSIC
Integer
Base Station Identity Code in decimal format. Values

range from 0 to 63.
Cell ID
CID
Integer
Cell identification. Values range from 0 to 65535.
LAC
LAC
Integer
Location Area Code. Values range from 0 to 65535.
Antenna
Direction
DIR
Integer

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
RAC
RAC
Integer
Routing Area Code. Values range from 0 to 255.
Antenna Height
HEIGHT
Integer
Antenna Tilt
TILT
Float
Antenna Beam
Width
BEAM
Integer
Cell Range
RANGE
Integer
Cell Type
TYPE
String
NORMAL or REPEATER
Neighbor Cell
Name
NCELL_n
String
User-defined
column name
Userdefined
name
String
Text
Example:
SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;LAC;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3
GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;64;1;12500;65231;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3
GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;41;1;12501; 65231;90;NEMO5;NEMO6;NEMO7
GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;2;1;12502; 65231;45;NEMO8;NEMO9;NEMO10

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the serving cell and neighbor cells based on the
following algorithm.
Matching CellId + LAC
Matching CellId + BCCH
Matching BCCH Channel + BSIC (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors)
Matching BCCH Channel (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors)
3.5 CDMA CELL PARAMETERS

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System
SYSTEM
String
CDMA.
Site Name
SITE
String
Name of the site.
Cell Name
CELL
String
Name of the cell.
Pilot Number
PN
Integer
Values range from 0 to 10000.
Channel
CH
Integer
Channel
Antenna
Direction
DIR
Integer

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System ID
SID
Integer
System ID. SID presents international identification and

system number identifying the service area and
frequency block.
Network ID
NID
Integer
Network ID.
Antenna
Height
HEIGHT
Integer
Antenna Tilt
TILT
Float
Antenna Beam
Width
BEAM
Integer
Cell Range
RANGE
Integer
Cell Type
TYPE
String
NORMAL or REPEATER
Neighbor Cell
Name
NCELL_n
String
User-defined
column name
Userdefined
name
String
Text
Example:
SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;PN;CH;DIR
CDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;171;150;90
CDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;272;150;55

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and neighbor set cells based on
the following algorithm.
Matching Channel + Pilot
Matching Pilot
3.6 UMTS CELL PARAMETERS

3.6.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 28 BIT CELL ID
Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System
SYSTEM
String
UMTS.
Site Name
SITE
String
Name of the site.
Cell Name
CELL
String

is not available, 28 bit cell ID can be used.
Channel
Number
CH
Integer
UARFCN. Values ranges:

UMTS 850, from 43574458,1007,1012,1032,1037,1062,1087
UMTS 900, from 2935-3090
UMTS 1900, from 96629938,412,437,462,487,512,537,562,587,612,637,662,687
UMTS 2100, from 10550 to 10850.
UMTS 2100 AWS, from 15351740,1887,1912,1937,1962,1987,2012,2037,2062,2087
.
Scrambling
Code
SCR
Integer
Cell ID
CID
Integer
Cell ID. The 28-bit Cell Identity (UC-Id in 3GPP) is a

Concatenation of RNC-ID and C-ID.
Antenna
Direction
DIR
Integer
3.6.2 MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 16 BIT CELL ID AND RNC ID
Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System
SYSTEM
String
UMTS.
Site Name
SITE
String
Name of the site.
Cell Name
CELL
String

is not available, 28 bit cell ID can be used.
Channel
Number
CH
Integer
UARFCN. Values ranges:

UMTS 850, from 43574458,1007,1012,1032,1037,1062,1087
UMTS 900, from 2935-3090
UMTS 1900, from 96629938,412,437,462,487,512,537,562,587,612,637,662,687
UMTS 2100, from 10550 to 10850.
UMTS 2100 AWS, from 15351740,1887,1912,1937,1962,1987,2012,2037,2062,2087
Scrambling
Code
SCR
Integer
Cell ID
CID_16
Integer
Cell ID. The 16-bit Cell Identity. C-ID.
RNC ID
RNCID
Integer
RNC ID. The 12- bit RNC identity. Cell-ID (28 bit) = RNCID (12 bit) + CI (16 bit).
Antenna
Direction
DIR
Integer
Note that Cell ID must be given either with 28- bit (CID) or 16-bit format (CID_16) combined
with 12- bit RNC ID (RNCID).

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
LAC
LAC
Integer
RAC
RAC
Integer
URA
URA
Integer
UTRAN Registration Area
RNC ID
RNCID
Integer
Radio Network Controller ID. Equal to the 12-bit RNCId

in 3GPP TS 25.401, section 6.1.5. Integer, base 10
Antenna Height
HEIGHT
Integer
Antenna Tilt
TILT
Float
Antenna Beam
Width
BEAM
Integer
Cell Range
RANGE
Integer
Cell Type
TYPE
String
NORMAL or REPEATER
Neighbor Cell
Name
NCELL_n
String
User-defined
column name
Userdefined
name
String
Text
or (with prefix 0x) hexadecimal representation.
Example with 28- bit Cell ID:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;SCR;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3
UMTS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;10838;;123811;96;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3
Example with 16- bit Cell ID:
SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID_16;RNC_ID;SCR;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3
UMTS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;10838;;58275;1;96;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and monitored set cells based on
Matching Cell ID
Matching Carrier + SCR (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors)
3.7 TETRA CELL PARAMETERS

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System
SYSTEM
String
TETRA.
Site Name
SITE
String
Name of the site.
Cell Name
CELL
String
Name of the cell.
LAC
LAC
Integer
Main Carrier
CH
Integer
Frequency
Band
BAND
Integer
Antenna
Direction
DIR
Integer

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
Antenna
Height
HEIGHT
Integer
Antenna Tilt
TILT
Float
Antenna Beam
Width
BEAM
Integer
Cell Range
RANGE
Integer
Cell Type
TYPE
String
NORMAL or REPEATER
Neighbor Cell
Name
NCELL_n
String
User-defined
column name
Userdefined
name
String
Text
Example:
SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;LAC;CH;BAND;DIR
TETRA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;3652;124;3;90

Matching Channel + LAC + Band
3.8 TD-SCDMA CELL PARAMETERS

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System
SYSTEM
String
TDSCDMA or TD-SCDMA.
Site Name
SITE
String
Name of the site.
Cell Name
CELL
String
Name of the cell.
Channel
Number
CH
Integer
Cell
Parameters Id
CPID
Integer
Cell ID
CID
Integer
Cell ID (16- bit)
Antenna
Direction
DIR
Integer

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
LAC
LAC
Integer
RAC
RAC
Integer
URA
URA
Integer
UTRAN Registration Area
RNC ID
RNCID
Integer
Radio Network Controller ID
Antenna Height
HEIGHT
Integer
Antenna Tilt
TILT
Float
Antenna Beam
Width
BEAM
Integer
Cell Range
RANGE
Integer
Cell Type
TYPE
String
NORMAL or REPEATER
Neighbor Cell
Name
NCELL_n
String
User-defined
column name
Userdefined
name
String
Text
Example:
SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;CPID;DIR
TDSCDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;10120;;;96;0

Matching Cell ID (16 bit)
Matching Carrier + Cell Parameters Id (also for neighbor list)
3.9 WIMAX CELL PARAMETERS

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System
SYSTEM
String
WIMAX.
Site Name
SITE
String
Name of the site.
Cell Name
CELL
String
Name of the cell.
Frequency
FREQ
Float
Frequency in MHz.
Preamble
Index
PI
Integer
Antenna
Direction
DIR
Integer
Base Station
ID
BSID
String
Base Station ID. Six colon separated hex values in

double quotes.

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
Antenna Height
HEIGHT
Integer
Antenna Tilt
TILT
Float
Antenna Beam
Width
BEAM
Integer
Cell Range
RANGE
Integer
Cell Type
TYPE
String
NORMAL or REPEATER
Neighbor Cell
Name
NCELL_n
String
User-defined
column name
Userdefined
name
String
Text
Example:
SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;FREQ;PI;DIR;BSID
WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;2550.000;67;90;03:0f:21:00:02:72
WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;2550.000;68;180;03:0f:21:00:02:73
WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.056053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;2550.000;69;270; 03:0f:21:00:02:74

Base Station ID + Preamble index

Frequency + Preamble index
3.10 EV-DO CELL PARAMETERS

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System
SYSTEM
String
EVDO.
Site Name
SITE
String
Name of the site.
Cell Name
CELL
String
Name of the cell.
Pilot Number
PN
Integer
Channel
CH
Integer
Channel
Antenna
Direction
DIR
Integer

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System ID
SID
Integer
System ID. SID presents international identification and

system number identifying the service area and
frequency block.
Network ID
NID
Integer
Network ID.
Antenna
Height
HEIGHT
Integer
Antenna Tilt
TILT
Float
Antenna Beam
Width
BEAM
Integer
Cell Range
RANGE
Integer
Cell Type
TYPE
String
NORMAL or REPEATER
Neighbor Cell
Name
NCELL_n
String
User-defined
column name
Userdefined
name
String
Text
Example:
SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;PN;CH;DIR
EVDO;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;171;150;90
EVDO;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;272;150;55

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and neighbor set cells based on
Matching Channel + Pilot
Matching Pilot
Note that if multiple matching cells are found, the closest cell is selected. The cell is
matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).
3.11 LTE CELL PARAMETERS

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
System
SYSTEM
String
LTE
Site Name
SITE
String
Name of the site.
Cell Name
CELL
String
Unique identifier of the cell. If there is no unique name

available for every cell, Cell ID (CID) can be used
Channel
Number
CH
Integer
EARFCN number. Values range from 0 to 65535
Cell ID
CID
Integer
Cell identification
Cell identification of the current cell.
Range: 0 268435455
Physical Layer
Cell ID
PCI
Integer
Antenna
Direction
DIR
Integer

Parameter
Keyword
Type
Description
TAC
TAC
Integer
Tracking area code

Tracking area code of the currently used cell. See 3GPP
TS 124.301 subclause 9.9.3.32.
Range: 0 65535
Antenna Height
HEIGHT
Integer
Antenna Tilt
TILT
Float
Antenna Beam
Width
BEAM
Integer
Cell Range
RANGE
Integer
Cell Type
TYPE
String
NORMAL or REPEATER
Neighbor Cell
Name
NCELL_n
String
User-defined
column name
Userdefined
name
String
Text
Example:
SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;CID;PCI;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3
LTE;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;65535;26842545;96;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3

Cell Identification (Cell ID) (for serving cell)

Matching Channel number + Physical Layer Cell ID (for both serving and neighbor cells)
Note that if multiple matching cells are found, the closest cell is selected. The cell is
matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

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MANDATORY CELL PARAMETERS ....................................................................................... 5

OPTIONAL CELL PARAMETERS ............................................................................................ 6

AMPS CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................... 7

MANDATORY PARAMETERS ........................................................................................... 7

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 7

CELL SEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................. 7

GSM CELL PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................... 8

MANDATORY PARAMETERS ........................................................................................... 8

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 8

CELL SEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................. 9

CDMA CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 10

MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 10

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 10

CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 11

UMTS CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 12

MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 28 BIT CELL ID .................................................... 12

MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 16 BIT CELL ID AND RNC ID .............................. 12

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 13

CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 14

TETRA CELL PARAMETERS................................................................................................. 15

MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 15

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 15

CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 15

TD-SCDMA CELL PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 16

MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 16

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 16

CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 17

WIMAX CELL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 18

MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 18

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 18

CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 19

EV-DO CELL PARAMETERS.............................................................................................. 20

2.10.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 20

LTE CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 22

2.11.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 22

2 CREATING BTS FILES

AMPS, GSM, TDMA, CDMA, UMTS,

Name of the site.

Name of the cell.

Latitude of the site in degrees.

Longitude of the site in degrees.

3.2 OPTIONAL CELL PARAMETERS

Values range from 0 to 1000

Values range from -90 to 90.

Values range from 1 to 360

Cell range in meters.

Unique identifier of the neighbor n.

3.3 AMPS CELL PARAMETERS

Name of the site.

Name of the cell.

Setup Audio Tone

Values range from 0 to 360 degrees.

3.3.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

Values range from 0 to 1000

Values range from -90 to 90.

Values range from 1 to 360

Cell range in meters.

Unique identifier of the neighbor n.

3.3.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD

3.4 GSM CELL PARAMETERS

Name of the site.